Jeffery Hildebrand

About Jeffery Hildebrand

Birth Year: 1959
Birth Place: Houston, Texas, United States
Residence: Houston, Texas, U.S.
Alma mater: University of Texas at Austin
Occupation: Founder, chairman and CEO, Hilcorp Energy Company
Children: 3

Jeffery Hildebrand

Jeffery Hildebrand was born on 1959 in Houston, Texas, United States. Jeffrey Hildebrand cofounded Hilcorp in 1990; he later bought out his partner for $500 million. Former Exxon geologist has specialized in reinvigorating old oil and gas fields like in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska. He has built Hilcorp into America's biggest privately owned oil company (by production volumes). In 2015 Hildebrand gave each of his 1,400 employees a $100,000 bonus after they doubled the size of his company in five years.
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Biography/Timeline

1981

Jeffery Hildebrand received a bachelor's degree in Geology in 1981 and a master's degree in petroleum engineering in 1985, both from the University of Texas at Austin.

2010

Hildebrand is worth US$5.5 billion. He is the 77th richest American citizen. He was worth $1.9 billion in 2010.

2013

Hildebrand worked for the American Energy Capital Corporation, the Dan A. Hughes Company, and Exxon Company, until he founded Hilcorp Energy Company, an oil and gas exploration and production company. His company has been ranked on Fortune Magazine's 100 Best Companies to Work For list in 2013, 2014 and 2015. In December 2015, his company gave all 1,380 employees a $100,000 Christmas bonus.

2017

In November 2017, HIldebrand donated $25 million to the Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. In recognition, the university plans to name the department the Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering.

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